The Spanish grouped all of the natives and forced them to participate in their haciendas. ... The Indians generously welcomed the Europeans because of their religious legend that some day men white men on horses would show them a new and better way of life. ... The Queens and Kings saw the exploration as a major mining and economical breakthrough because it was said that there was a plentiful amount of gold in the "New World". ... The local people that were already located in the Americas welcomed all of the explorers and wanted to trade and learn from them. ... Men were killed, women were ha...

• Word Count: 592
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

These two men however different they were shared only one main idea and that was to convert the Indians to the Catholic faith. But, the methods in which Columbus went to convert the Indians separated the men. ... His initial quest to convert the Indians to Catholicism was just the introduction he needed in the tribe to get to know the nobility and kings of the tribe, and meticulously plan out his attack. ... De Las Casas who put god before everything else, knowing regardless of your allegiances, this massacre was wrong in all senses of the word. ... "All those who were able to flee, did hide...

• Word Count: 1215
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In present day Mexico, when Cortés and his men arrived, the Aztec leader, Moctezuma II failed to use military forces because he identified the Spaniards arrival as the returning of gods. ... This ransom alone far exceeded all of the riches collected from the Aztecs. ... Afterwards Cortés orders a fleet to cut off the island capital of all supplies of food and water. ... They gain all of the riches of the Aztecs, although it was not enough to surpass the amount the lost in Noche Triste. ... From there, Each country was governed by viceroy, kings representatives in the Americas, wh...

• Word Count: 1949
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Henry, in his novel 'Cabbages and Kings'. ... It's funny and it's the fact that all Central America governments, one time or another, wanted to build ocean-to-ocean railroad, taking advantage of the narrow territories of the continent. ... The fact that to this date, although there are over 900 miles of railroad in Honduras, all are within the rich bananas lands of the North Coast. ... United paid all the debt of IRC, stop building the Pacific port in exchange for free operation on IRC's tracks, which was very beneficial for the company to ship bananas to the U.S in t...

• Word Count: 3191
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate